Taylor Timko

Class:
Freshman
Position:
F
Height:
5-7
Hometown:
Rochester Hills, Mich.
High School:
Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

Features:
• Taylor Timko: A True Footballer
• Video: Taylor Timko's Journey Back to Soccer
• Video: Timko Experiences Vietnam for Spring Break 2017

At Michigan
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Five second team (2017)
• All-Big Ten second team (defender) (2017)
• Big Ten Preseason Honors list (2017)
• Capital One Academic All-District Five first team (2015)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team (2014)
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Oct. 27, 2014)
• Michigan Women's Soccer Rookie of the Year (2014)
• Michigan Athletics' Female Rookie of the Year (2014-15)
• Three-time Academic All-Big Ten (2015, 2017, 2018)
• Three-time U-M Athletic Academic Achievement (2014-16)
• Has one career hat trick (Aug. 21, 2015 vs. Eastern Michigan; W, 8-1)

Senior (2018)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 13 games with seven starts, missing multiple games due to injury
• Recorded one point with an assist against Marquette (Aug. 23)
• Carried a .556 shots on goal percentage with five reaching net
• Saw 625 minutes of playing time

Senior/Junior (2017)
• Academic All-Big Ten
• CoSIDA Academic All-District Five second team
• All-Big Ten second team (defender)
• Big Ten Preseason Honors list
• One of three players to start all 18 matches
• Finished third on the team in points with 10, on four goals and two assists, as a defender
• Recorded a season-high five points against Idaho State (Aug. 20) on two goals and one assist

Junior (2016)
• Redshirted the 2016 season due to a knee injury suffered during the 2016 spring season
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement

Sophomore (2015)
• Capital One Academic All-District Five first team
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Academic All-Big Ten
• Played in 20 games (18 starts)
• Finished the season tied for first on the team with 17 points on seven goals and three assists
• Scored one goal and added an assist in a 5-0 victory at Portland (Sept. 4)
• Became the ninth player in program history to record a hat trick, helping U-M defeat Eastern Michigan, 8-1, in the season opener (Aug. 21)

Freshman (2014)
• Big Ten All-Freshman Team
• Big Ten Freshman of the Week (Oct. 27)
• U-M Athletic Academic Achievement
• Michigan Women's Soccer Female Rookie of the Year
• Michigan Athletics' Female Rookie of the Year (2014-15)
• Started all 20 games
• Had four goals and two assists on the year (10 points)
• Recorded first career three-point game with one goal and one assist in road victory over Illinois (Oct. 26)
• Recorded first career assist in a tie against Ohio State (Oct. 19)
• Scored game-winning goal in overtime in a 2-1 victory over Minnesota (Sept. 12)
• Started in collegiate debut against CSUN (Aug. 22), also recording first career goal

Prep
• Pontiac Notre Dame Prep (2014)
• Four-year varsity letterwinner
• Started 81 of 82 matches, scoring 124 goals and recording 52 assists
• Two-time NSCAA All-American
• Named 2013-14 MLive Detroit Player of the Year
• Back-to-back runner-up for Michigan's Miss Soccer Award
• Nominee for the Detroit Athletic Club's 2014 Michigan Female High School Athlete of the Year
• Wendy's High School Heisman School Winner and State Finalist (2013)
• Two-time Dream Team member
• Three-time MHSAA D-III All-State selection
• Four-time All-Catholic League selection
• Four-time All-District selection
• Four-time All-Region selection

Academics/Extracurriculars
• National Honor Society
• High Honors
• AP Scholar

Other Sports
• Also earned four varsity letters in track and two in football
• Was the placekicker on Notre Dame Prep's football team as a junior and senior
• All-State selection (first team) in the 400-meter dash as a freshman and two-time All-State pick as part of the 4x400-meter relay

Club
• Vardar (2008-14)
• Named to ECNL All-Event Team at Stanford (2012-13)
• ID2 Camp invitee (2012-14)

Personal
• Full name is Taylor Alexandra Timko
• Born on Oct. 15, 1995
• Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science, & the Arts -- majoring in biology
• Father, John, played baseball at Western Michigan (1986-90)